[CWG-Stewardship] ICANN Board as "regulator" (was: A liaison from the Board to CWG)

[Milton L Mueller]

> -----Original Message-----
> Perhaps I should have stated explicitly, "…given that there's in fact a whole
> other WG working on the accountability issues."  This is why I argued the
> other day that we need to work out the necessary and sufficient conditions
> for accountability but do no more.

CCWG is working on internal ICANN accountability reforms that relate to the policy making function. 

CWG is working on IANA transition, which (as our charter clearly states) also involves accountability wrt the IANA functions operator, as well as a requirement that certain CCWG reforms be instituted before the transition. 

So the existence of another WG is irrelevant to the issue of whether it is desirable to separate ICANN the policy maker from ICANN the IANA operator. Is that clear now?